Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers Eau de Toilette

There are fragrances that are beloved and fragrances that are genuinely excellent, and occasionally — not often, but with a specific and genuinely meaningful frequency when it comes to the work of the most specifically accomplished accessible luxury feminine perfumers — a fragrance manages to be both simultaneously: genuinely excellent at exactly what it sets out to do and beloved by women of all generations because of it rather than despite it. Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers, launched in 1993 and composed by Sophia Grojsman — one of the most consistently celebrated and the most genuinely accomplished feminine fragrance composers in the history of accessible luxury perfumery, the creator of Eternity by Calvin Klein, Trésor by Lancôme, Paris by Yves Saint Laurent, and numerous other iconic accessible luxury feminine compositions — is one of the most specifically and the most continuously documented examples of exactly this phenomenon in the history of the accessible feminine fragrance category. It has been one of the most recognizable, the most consistently beloved, and the most genuinely cherished feminine fragrances in the world since the year of its launch, it has won the hearts of women across generations for more than three decades, and it has done so through the simplest and most honest means available to any fragrance: by being genuinely, continuously, and specifically excellent at the single most specific quality it was designed to embody. A sun-drenched garden in full bloom. The warmth and radiance of sunshine on flowers. A little bottle of sunshine that is simultaneously immediately accessible and genuinely, continuously beautiful in the most specifically feel-good and the most completely honest possible way.

The opening of Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers is a four-note citrus-floral-aldehyde-fruit opening of considerable immediate brightness and considerable immediately distinctive, luminous, and specifically sun-drenched character. Orange blossom provides the most immediately warm and the most specifically beautiful quality — its warm, slightly honeyed, and specifically luminous citrus-blossom quality giving the first impression its most immediately and most specifically beautiful quality of warm, honeyed, outdoor floral freshness. Aldehydes accompany with a shimmering, slightly soapy, and specifically luminous quality — simultaneously immediately distinctive and specifically more interesting than a simpler citrus opening, their quality of clean, shimmering, and specifically luminous character giving the combined opening its most immediately sunny and its most specifically brightening quality. Bergamot contributes its characteristic cool, slightly aromatic, and luminously complex Italian citrus quality — simultaneously grounding the warmer orange blossom and the more luminously shimmering aldehydes in something more immediately refined and more naturally polished. Peach completes the opening with a warm, slightly sweet, and specifically fresh fruitiness — simultaneously amplifying the combined opening's warmth with something more immediately fruity and more specifically outdoorsy. Together, orange blossom, aldehydes, bergamot, and peach create a top note combination of genuine, immediate, and entirely luminous floral-citrus-fruity sunshine — bright, breezy, and warm as the early morning rays of sun.

The heart of Sunflowers reveals rose, lily, violet, ylang-ylang, and cyclamen — five elements of considerable immediately beautiful and genuinely romantic, colorful, and specifically feel-good mid-wear floral complexity. Rose provides the most immediately warm and the most classically beautiful quality of the heart — simultaneously warm, full, and specifically lovely, giving the heart its most immediately recognizable and its most broadly beloved floral warmth. Lily accompanies the rose with a clean, slightly watery, and specifically spring-fresh floralcy — maintaining the heart's freshness and providing something more immediately clean and more specifically outdoors-appropriate. Violet provides warm, slightly powdery, and specifically lovely floral warmth. Ylang-ylang contributes a warm, slightly exotic, and specifically beautiful tropical floralcy — simultaneously the most immediately exotic and the most genuinely distinctive element of the five-flower heart. Cyclamen completes the heart with a clean, slightly green, and specifically fresh outdoor floral quality — the most garden-appropriate and the most naturally outdoor-appropriate element. Together, rose, lily, violet, ylang-ylang, and cyclamen create a heart of genuine, romantic, and entirely beautiful feel-good floral complexity — the magical and colorful bouquet that gives Sunflowers its most continuously beautiful and most genuinely feel-good wearing phase.

The base of Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers is warm, soft, and genuinely lovely — a four-element foundation of amber, sandalwood, musk, and cedar that gives the composition its most lasting and its most warmly beautiful dry-down character. Amber provides the most immediately warm quality of the base — its warm, resinous, and gently honeyed character giving the dry-down its most broadly appealing and most continuously beautiful quality of warm, golden depth. Sandalwood contributes clean, creamy, and specifically beautiful woody warmth. Musk provides the most skin-close and the most genuinely personal quality. Cedar adds crisp, clean structural woodiness. Together, amber, sandalwood, musk, and cedar create a base of genuine soft warmth and genuinely beautiful lasting character — the warm, sensual depth that gives Sunflowers its most enduringly lovely and most specifically feel-good lasting quality.

Sunflowers belongs to the Floral Fruity fragrance family — and it represents that family with the specific quality of bright, luminous, and genuinely feel-good outdoor feminine sunshine character that Sophia Grojsman's most warmly accessible and most specifically beloved feminine work most completely and most authentically delivers. The orange-blossom-aldehyde-bergamot-peach opening gives it its most immediately bright and its most specifically sun-drenched first impression; the five-flower rose-lily-violet-ylang-ylang-cyclamen heart gives it its most romantically beautiful and its most genuinely feel-good mid-wear character; and the amber-sandalwood-musk-cedar base gives it the warm, soft, and specifically lovely lasting depth that makes the full wearing experience of Sunflowers as genuinely and as continuously luminous as the little bottle of sunshine it has always most completely and most honestly been.

Spring and summer are Sunflowers' most naturally luminous seasons — the orange-blossom-peach opening is most immediately bright in warm, bright sunshine. For everyday professional wear, casual occasions, and any warm-weather moment calling for luminous feel-good feminine sunshine, it wears with complete effortless ease. Every bottle at GuiltyFragrance.com is 100% authentic, brand-new, and sealed in original Elizabeth Arden manufacturer packaging — sourced from authorized distributors, never a tester or imitation — and backed by our free US shipping and 30-day return policy.

Fragrance Family

Floral, Fruity — Luminous Floral Fruity Fresh

Scent Notes

Why Choose Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers

• 100% authentic Elizabeth Arden fragrance — brand-new, factory-sealed in original Sunflowers packaging, sourced from authorized distributors, never a tester or imitation.
• Aldehydes in the opening alongside orange blossom, bergamot, and peach — the most immediately luminous and the most specifically brightening element of the four-note opening. Aldehydes' quality of clean, shimmering, and specifically sun-warmed luminous character gives Sunflowers its most immediately distinctive and most specifically sun-drenched quality of warm, breezy outdoor freshness — the element most directly responsible for the opening's quality of genuinely bright, breezy, and warm as early morning sunshine.
• Five-flower heart — rose, lily, violet, ylang-ylang, and cyclamen together create one of the most genuinely romantic, the most colorfully beautiful, and the most specifically feel-good floral bouquets available in the accessible luxury feminine fragrance category. Five individually beautiful and specifically complementary florals deployed together in the heart create a quality of genuinely extraordinary feel-good outdoor floral complexity that simpler single or dual-floral hearts cannot achieve.
• Composed by Sophia Grojsman — one of the most consistently celebrated and the most genuinely accomplished feminine fragrance composers in the history of accessible luxury perfumery. The creator of Eternity, Trésor, and Paris, Grojsman brought to Sunflowers the same quality of warm, luminous, and specifically beautiful feminine accessibility that has made every composition in her portfolio both immediately appealing and enduringly beloved.
• Cyclamen at the heart alongside rose, lily, violet, and ylang-ylang — the most specifically garden-appropriate and the most naturally outdoorsy element of the five-flower heart. Cyclamen's clean, slightly green, and specifically fresh outdoor floral quality gives the heart its most genuinely garden-in-full-bloom outdoor botanical character — the note most directly responsible for the heart's quality of genuinely sunny, genuinely outdoor, and specifically feel-good floral freshness.
• More than thirty years of continuously beloved, internationally celebrated feeling-good feminine sunshine — Sunflowers has maintained its position as one of the most recognizable and the most genuinely cherished feminine fragrances in the world since 1993 by being genuinely and continuously excellent at the single most important thing any feel-good fragrance must achieve: making the woman who wears it feel genuinely and specifically luminous, uplifted, and wonderful.
• Free US shipping and 30-day hassle-free returns on every order at GuiltyFragrance.com.

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